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New Jersey Herald - April 15, 1909 issue
R. R. Accommodations
at Warbasses.
Commissioners Fail To Meet in Newton - What The
Public Want.
The Board of Railroad Commissioners
failed from some unknown reason to arrive in Newton last Friday for
the purpose of inquiring into the railroad accommodations of the Susquehanna
railroad at Warbasses Junction. It was suggested that as Good Friday
had been made a legal holiday by the Legislature of New Jersey, the
Commissioners proposed to take advantage of the day for a day of rest
and recreation. whatever the cause, the Commissioners failed to put
in an appearance, and no inquiry was held. That something should be
done to improve station accommodations at Warbasses is undisputed.
The station at that place consists of an old abandoned freight car
dropped at the side of the track. It will not accommodate half a dozen
persons, and it is barely possible for a person to stand upright within
its doors. for years the people in the neighborhood, and the traveling
public, who are transferred at this point for the Lackawanna road
have complained of the accommodations, and we are informed, promises
have been made of improvements, only to be broken by the company.
It is not only the station accommodations that are the cause of all
the complaints heard form the patrons of both the Susquehanna and
Lackawanna railroad. The two stations are about two hundred yards
apart, and there are no facilities for a passenger traveling with
a trunk, to have it transferred from one station to another. Only
a few weeks ago a lady visiting near Fredon, desiring to go to Sparta,
had to be taken to the Stillwater station, instead of coming to Newton,
as her trunk could not be transferred at Warbasses to the Susquehanna.
Another complaint is the connection of trains at Warbasses between
the two roads. It was suggested at the Sheriff's office last Friday
morning that the station at the Susquehanna road should be at the
point where the two railroads cross, with an L platform along the
tracks. The trains on both roads have to come to a stop at this point,
and the erection of a station at that point would result in no loss
of time to trains. Another suggestion, that the Commissioners could
take up the matter of several dangerous crossings in this county with
a good deal of propriety. It is to be hoped that the meeting of the
Commissioners in this county will not long be deferred, as we feel
safe in saying that any matter laid before them will receive the same
consideration as similar matters in other counties. The traveling
public have been benefited in other parts of the State by conferring
with the Commissioners, why not in Sussex county? Since the above
was in type we have received the following from Mr. Samuel Warbasse:
The New Jersey Railroad Commission did not meet at the Court House
on last Friday, as was expected, because the date inadvertently selected,
was on Good Friday, which has recently been made a legal holiday.
They have now arranged for a hearing in reference to station accommodations
at Warbasses on Friday, the 16th, at eleven o'clock, in the Court
House. The matter of better train connections with the Lackawanna
at this point will also be considered. This fact should prompt public
spirited citizens to attend the hearing in the interest of travelers,
which are the public - for we all travel more or less - and give a
good cause the benefit of their endorsement and active support.
Article sent to me by Kevin Wright.
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